Airbnb’s Next Big Challenge Is Keeping the Scammers Away
Airbnb is far past the early adopter phase, but it is just now entering the phase where its hosts and guests may not be there just for the sharing and belonging.
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What started as AirBedandBreakfast.com has grown into a massive public company that IPOd in 2020. Airbnb is now the world’s largest online alternative-accommodation community, allowing millions of users to list, search, and rent authentic homestays and vacation-rental experiences in countless cities across the globe.
The Startup Businesses Built Around the Airbnb Ecosystem
Airbnb is either quietly building out host services for launch or keeping tabs of the growing crop of startups, which are ripe for acquisition once their product is stabilized and customer base large.
How Airbnb Bought a San Francisco Short-Term Rental Law, Lawsuit Alleges
Not that HomeAway isn't above doing these sorts of things, but Airbnb's lobbyists sure were adept at getting a seat at the table in San Francisco.
Skift Forum Video: Airbnb and the Future of the Guest Experience
Conley's focus on the guest gives him an understanding of the peer-to-peer business that few others can lay claim to.
The Short-Term Apartment Rental Site That Isn’t Focusing on Community
Despite some differentiation, Only Apartments faces a daunting task of standing out in new markets where some of its competitors are advertising on TV and have so much money to burn. If it can scale up by using channel managers, so can everyone else.
8 Top Quotes About the Future of the Guest Experience From Airbnb’s Head of Hospitality
Conley joined Airbnb in time for many of its earlier challenges to lead way to legitimization, making him confident not only of the company's success but his ability to spread the tenets of hospitality to a previously ignorant host set.
New York Community and Political Leaders Target Airbnb’s Marketing Machine
By focusing on illegal hotels, the coalition may have a good rallying cry, but it doesn't capture how quickly short-term rentals have evolved into something much more sophisticated.
Airbnb’s CEO Explains the Sharing Economy to Stephen Colbert
Chesky's appearance no doubt had Uber CEO Travis Kalanick asking his PR team why the Airbnb kid got to do Colbert before he did.
6 Ways Airbnb Changed Travel and the Vacation Rental Industry
Airbnb has been a true disruptor in travel, and we'll continue to keep a close watch as it matures into a broader industry player.
Business Travel and Sharing Collide as Airbnb and Uber Ink Deals with Concur
Concur has done an excellent job in recent years thinking about what the business traveler needs to do their job better rather than focusing on putting the travel manager first. This is simply the next logical step.